Combination tool



F. ARNOLD COMBINATION TooL March 16 1926. j 1,577,095

Filed April 15, 1925 flank rnold Patented AMar. 16, 1926.

UNITED 4sT.L\,.Tl.-:s

FRANK ARNOLD, F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINATION TOOL.

Application led April 15,1925. Serial No. 3,345.v

Tocll 'whom t may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, FRANK ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing -at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and 5 State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tools, of which. the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to fish-hook extrac-l r tors, and contemplates combining a fish-hook extractor with a handle tool in sucha way that it Will not interfere with the normal use and operation of the tool.

` Various devices have been proposed for f the purpose of facilitating the extraction of hooks from the mouths of fish. p For the most part these devices have been special tools, adapted to this and no other purpose. Even when a fish-hook extractor has been combined with another tool, such as a pocketknife, the construction of the extractor has been such as to reatly alter the appearance of the knife, and and effective manipulation. For fishing, or hunting and fishing excursions, a combination tool is desirable, which is easy of manipulation, unencumbered by extraneous attachments, is available at all times for cutting purposes, and is equally effective as a lish- Y hook extractor when the need for such adevice arises.

The present invention supplies a tool for this purpose, one form of which is shown in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a combination tool embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a back view of the tool shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe tool shown in Flg. l. Y

For the purpose of illustrating one application of the 1nvention a pocket-knife embod ing the same has been shown. The kni e comprises handles l, a back spring 2,

and a blade 3, which is pivoted between holsters 4. The handle has a curving outline, and tapers away from the blade pivot,

Yand a narrowed and curving end opposite the blade pivot is Acovered by the elongated bolsters or caps 6.V

A groove or recess 7 is formed in the back spring 2, adjacent to and extending around the end thereof which is included between to interfere with its facile` the bolsters 6. This groove may begin at a polnt on kthe back a short distance, say about one inch, from the end of the handle,

` and increase in width and depth toward the end of the handle. The groove is preferably of arcuate cross-section.

It will be seen that when this tool is to be used as a fish-hook extractor the groove 7 may be guided to engage the hook by passing the' fish-line along the bodyl of the knife. The tapering and curved end ofthe handle conforms generally to the configuration of the hook, butis not as wide as the hook, whereby prompt and effective extraction of the hook is insured. Furthermore, when'v the knife is to be used for other purposes, or is carried in the pocket, it is not encumbered with any attachments or projecting parts.

I claim: v

1. A pocket combination tool having a 75 handle comprising similar and oppositely disposed grip members, a back member spacing and adjoining said grip members, and a fish-hook extracting recess formed in said back member.

2. A pocket combination tool comprising a handle having a grip portion andan end section whose transverse dimensions do not exceed the transverse dimensions of said grip portion, and a vfish-hook extractor formed within said end section.

' 34A pocket combination tool comprising a handle adapted for pivotal attachment of a tool adjacent one end thereof, said handle constantly decreasing in width toward its 9o opposite end, and a fish-hook extractor formed within ythe opposite end or said handle.

4. A pocket combination tool comprising a curved and tapering handle, the narrowed I5 end of said handle being covered by elongated bolsters, the back between said holsters being recessed to form a fish-hook extractor.

5. A pocket combination tool comprising acurved and tapering handle, a back spring,

a fish-hook extractor comprising a recess in said back spring beginning at appoint adjacentto the narrowed end of the handle and. increasing in Width and depth toward and extending around the narrowed end of the handle.

FRANK ARNOLD. 

